LEADER 03117nam 2200601zu 450 001 9910157822003321 005 20210731015735.0 010 $a0-19-179990-4 035 $a(CKB)3780000000081252 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001645747 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16414346 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001645747 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14961801 035 $a(PQKB)10227610 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001199399 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4842238 035 $a(EXLCZ)993780000000081252 100 $a20160829d2015 uy 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTerence and the verb 'to be' in Latin 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aOxford :$cOxford University Press,$d2015. 215 $a1 online resource 225 0 $aOxford classical monographs series Terence and the verb 'to be' in Latin 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-19-873624-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction. Overture linguistic puzzles -- Aims and findings -- Methodological issues -- 'To be' in Latin : a (short) history -- Statistics -- Contraction of esse : collection of evidence. Phonological patterns -- The evidence -- Contraction of esse : phonological analysis and historical appraisal. Phonological discussion -- Historical appraisal of contracted forms -- Analysis of contracted forms in Terence. The pattern -u?s + (e)stl(e)s -- Syntax and word order -- Contractions after -V and -Vm -- Limits of contraction -- Sigmatic ecthlipsis and cliticization of esse. First premisse : final -s in Latin -- Second premise : the metre of Roman comedy -- Sigmatic echlipsis : editors' choice -- Terence : the metrical evidence -- Linguistic observations -- Epilogue : sigmatic, eechtlipsis in Plautus -- Conclusions. Contracted spellings of est/es -- Contraction of esse as speech phenomenon -- Prosodic reduction in -s + sum/sim/sit -- Cliticization of esse -- The semantics of esse -- The syntactic nature of esse -- Word order : the position of esse -- Final remarks. 330 8 $aThis is an in-depth study of the verb 'to be' in Latin (esse) and its contracted form, with a particular focus on its appearance in the plays of the ancient Roman playwright, Terence. 410 0$aOxford classical monographs. 517 $aTerence and the verb 'to be' in Latin 606 $aEsse (The Latin word)$xVerb 606 $aLatin language 606 $aAbbreviations, Latin 606 $aGreek & Latin Languages & Literatures$2HILCC 606 $aLanguages & Literatures$2HILCC 615 0$aEsse (The Latin word)$xVerb 615 0$aLatin language 615 0$aAbbreviations, Latin 615 7$aGreek & Latin Languages & Literatures 615 7$aLanguages & Literatures 676 $a472 686 $a18.45$2bcl 700 $aPezzini$b Giuseppe$01223024 801 0$bPQKB 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910157822003321 996 $aTerence and the verb 'to be' in Latin$92837016 997 $aUNINA